So it happened. Pumasok na ngayon yung team mate ko. Aba e tama nga ang hinala. Nag-aantay na nga daw sya ng potential offer this week with an Ericsson partner. Kasi naman paano mamo-motivate ang tao e nakikita nyang di na talaga magha-hire ng tao dito sa London pero di naman nawawala ang pressure sa amin. Marami talagang nabu-bugnot sa poor project planning & bad management.

Anyway, sabi ko we’re leaving the company in a pickle if he accepts the offer. I told him instead that the QA & Testing processes are in place. He will not reinvent the wheel. I have managed to whip the offshore team into shape, that they are now reliable & dependable (all I did was complain no end to their CTO until all the logistic problems were resolved). I was truthful too that it is not smooth sailing as QA never is. We work in a high-pressure job & our aim is conflict ridden. But that in Flytxt I have fielded all those now that at least there’s structure where there used to be chaos. I said all he has to do now is manage it & be vigilant that the processes are adhered to.

Then of course I touched on the financial, because that is the key to motivation. I told him, he is in the best position to haggle & get the best pay. If the company is going to ask him to do my job, then it goes that he should receive my pay if not better. And that he should still request for another permanent tester in the London office to manage the second sprint team in our development teams.

I mentioned that in my next role I’m actually building the QA team, too. He sounded very interested actually & asked how many people we’re looking to hire. When I told him it will be throughout the year, his eyes lit up. So I told him I would like it he stays in touch and lets me know if it was working out for him.

Anyway I can just imagine what’s going on in the mind of our CTO…